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Will or why did you install a suspension lift on your truck?

Rewillia

Will or why did you install a lift on your truck?  

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Rewillia Enthusiast

Rewillia

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We all see many trucks here in the forum with lift kits, some moderate, some extreme. This poll is solely to gauge members as to their intended purpose of installing suspension lifts on their trucks.

TimmyG Senior Enthusiast

TimmyG

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Well I cant see the pol on tapatalk, but I added my 3in body lift to make it feel more like a truck, every other 1/2 ton that passed me was taller

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

Spurshot

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Your poll has redundant choices. Bubbles 3,4, and 5 appear to be the same thing...for looks.

 

Your poll asks what the intended use is in most questions and then bubble #4 seems to just be to count front leveling installations regardless of intended use/why the front was leveled. I leveled my truck so it would have more front end clearance when off-road. What bubble was I supposed to check? #1 or #4?

Cook Enthusiast

Cook

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I also lowered my trucks which were 2wd. In New England it's always nice to have 4wd. When I bought my 2012 I decided to lift it. I went all out and spent good money on a quality kit. It rode amazing but parking it was a b!tch. It was all for looks. I ended up selling it to my father and picked up a 2014 reg cab. This time I don't want to modify the suspension. All I did was level the rear by installing a 2" drop shackle. It's practical. 4wd. Easy to access the bed and use. I do get tempted to go crazy with it.

Cmillerjr Enthusiast

Cmillerjr

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I did the 2.5" RC, it makes the 1500 sit and look the way it should have from the factory.

14sierra4x4 Enthusiast

14sierra4x4

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Primarily for aesthetics...didn't like the nose dive look or having to look up at other stock trucks. Even with the 2.5 level and 33s I think my sierra still sits a bit lower than some stock rams and Ford's.

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tuanphan Enthusiast

tuanphan

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To go off road. I'm tired of dinging up my air dam and in fact I think I might have to replace it soon. It isn't perfectly flush anymore. I had the guys at the dealership take it out and hammer it back as straight as they could and put it back in the last time I did my oil change there and then I dinged it up a few days after they fixed it. The ground clearance is poor in my opinion and I'm going to get a Rough Country 2.5" Suspension Lift Kit soon. Looks very easy to install and a few members here have already put it in and I've only heard positive things from them.

CAtaylor Enthusiast

CAtaylor

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Voted. I needed my lift for hunting season. Washed out, clay, rutted up logging roads will require body work without one before too long.

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